Powerpack

Powerpack

Rehabilitation works of Minab Dam spillway

Published in Jean-Pierre Tournier, Tony Bennett, Johanne Bibeau, Sustainable and Safe Dams Around the World, 2019

M. Sadri Omshi, A. Amini, F. Manouchehri Dana

Hydrodemolition equipment consists of two main parts: Powerpack and Cutter. Powerpack comprises a generator, fuel tank, water tank and a pump. Cutting machine includes a high-pressure nozzle and shield which can be either installed on a moving frame called Spine or on a Robot (Figure 6).

Integrating Reliability in Systems Engineering Management

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Published in Engineering Management Journal, 2019

Alberto Sols, Alejandro Salado

Requirements were copied directly from the specifications of the Leopard 2 main battle tanks. Because some requirements in the Leopard 2 main battle tanks were incorrectly formulated, the errors were inherited in the requirement set that the Spanish contractor employed. One of the requirements demanded the Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF) of the powerpack (a subsystem consisting of the engine, transmission and final drives) to exceed a certain number of kilometers. Although the requirement derived from a legitimate need, its formulation had several flaws.

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